''Marumba juvencus'' is a species of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as hornworms. It includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species ar ...

first described by

Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist, and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ...

and Karl Jordan in 1912.

Distribution

It is known from

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia, historically known as Malaya and also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, is the western part of Malaysia that comprises the southern part of the Malay Peninsula on Mainland Southeast Asia and the list of isla ...

Sumatra Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the list of islands by area, sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi. ...

and

Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda ...

. The habitat consists of lowland forests

Description

The species is very similar to ''

Marumba sperchius ''Marumba sperchius'' is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Édouard Ménétries in 1857. Distribution It is found from north-western and north-eastern India, south-western, central and eastern China to the southern ...

'' and '' Marumba tigrina ''. Marumba juvencus MHNT CUT 2010 0 221, Sabah, Borneo, male dorsal.jpg, Male, dorsal view Marumba juvencus MHNT CUT 2010 0 221, Sabah, Borneo, male ventral.jpg, Male, ventral view

References

Marumba Moths described in 1912 Moths of Malaysia Moths of Indonesia Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan {{Smerinthini-stub